SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

“Cities are exploring how to advance sustainable consumption and we invite you to be part of this innovative work. This toolkit introduces you to the key concepts and helps you get started implementing strategies that can make a difference in your community.”

“The core of the Declaration centres on the right to land, seeds and biodiversity, as well as several ‘collective rights’ anchored in Food Sovereignty. Food Sovereignty is the peoples’ right to determine their food and agricultural systems and the right to produce and consume healthy and culturally...

“To build cultures that are based on human rights while ensuring non-repetition of violations, post-conflict societies must actively engage the public on issues related to the past and on an imagined future based on peace and non-repetition.

Survivors need to be heard, and people must be able to...

“The cultivation of diverse farmers’ varieties/landraces, which tend to be well-adapted and suited to local production systems, confers increased resilience for crop production. Farmers’ varieties/landraces are also potential sources of traits for crop improvement, especially for developing...

“The guidelines are structured in accordance with the internationally accepted sequence of procedural steps characterizing good-practice environmental impact assessment (EIA). They aim at a better integration of biodiversity-related considerations into the EIA process.”

“This Volunteer Management Toolkit is to help arts organisations to develop a volunteer management system.”

“This guidance sets out the key issues for [UNISON union] branches in discussions with employers over the use of volunteers in the delivery of services, key points in preventing replacement of contracted employees and an outline of employment rights issues that can arise in the use of volunteers.”

“The mission of the War Childhood Museum is to continuously and in accordance to the highest standards document and digitize materials related to growing up in the war, and to present the archived materials throughout various media channels in order to educate a broad audience about this experience...

“This Toolbox is designed to support children and adults who advocate for the rights and well-being of children, through children’s participation.” (p.9)

“This workshop facilitation pack outlines the premise, format and resources we drew upon for the ‘We need to talk about Climate Change’ workshop at the Manchester Museum, Manchester, UK, on 7 April 2017. The aim of this workshop was to come together to explore existing heritage sector practices...

“Welcome To Your Library is a national project connecting public libraries with refugees and asylum seekers.

By increasing opportunities for participation, Welcome To Your Library aims to improve access to and quality of public library services for everyone.” (About us)

“The most effective way to avert or minimise further climate-induced loss and damage is to reach net-zero anthropogenic emissions as quickly as possible. The second most effective way is through actions to prepare for and adjust to the impacts of climate change. Thus, climate change mitigation and...